Razor and blade holder



Jun 6, 1944. J. J. KOWALSKI Filed Jan. 12, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 n 6,1944. J. J. KQWALSK. 2,350,467

RAZOR AND BLADE HOLDER I Filed Jan. 12, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- Inventor Jam ase b7 Ka wa/Zakd Patented June 6, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAZOR AND BLADE HOLDER John Joseph Kowalski, Seattle, Wash.

Application January 12, 1943, Serial No. 472,171

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in razor holders, and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character which, in addition to accommodating a conventional safety razor, is also adapted to retain for convenient use a supply of blades.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a holder of the aforementioned character comprising a novel construction and arrangement whereby the tension of a blade in the assembled razor head is utilized for frictionally securing said head in position in the device.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a safety razor and blade holder of the character set forth which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein- Figure 1 is a bottom perspective view of a safety razor and blade holder constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing a razor and a stack of blades in the device.

Figure 2 is a top perspective view thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device with the razor and blades omitted.

Figure 4 is an end elevational view.

Figure 5 is a view in vertical longitudinal section, taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, but with the razor and blades omitted.

Figure 6 is a cross sectional View, taken substantially on the line 6--B of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a substantially rectangular plate I of suitable metal or plastic. Depending from the longitudinal edges of the plate I is a pair of integral side walls 2. Formed integrally with the lower edges of the side walls 2 and extending inwardly and upwardly therefrom is a pair of flanges 3.

Struck upwardly from the longitudinally marginal portions of the plate I and extending in the plane of the side walls 2 is a pair of vertical flanges 4. The flanges 4, it will be observed, are integral with the side walls 2. The end portions walls 2, are turned upwardly in a manner to provide vertical flanges 5. Inturned lips 6 are formed integrally with the upper edges of the end flanges 5.

The lips 6 are adapted to receive therebeneath a stack of razor blades 1 which are retained in position on one side of the plate I by the flanges 4 and 5. The side walls 2 are adapted to receive therebetween the assembled head 8 of a conventional safety razor, the longitudinal edges of the guard 9 of which rest on the flanges 3. The clamp ll] of the head 8 is slidably engaged with one side of the plate I. A blade in the assembled head 8 is indicated at l l. Mounted on one of the side walls 2 is a clip I2 for holding the handle l3 of the razor.

In use, the completely assembled razor, with the clamp l8 tightened on the blade I I, is slipped into the holder from either end thereof with the guard 9 traveling on the flanges 3. The handle I3 is then unscrewed from the shank l4 and inserted in the resilient clip l2. When the handle I3 is thus removed, the resilient blade H is released and tends to assume its natural flat shape, thus pressing the jaw ll] against the plate I and engaging the guard 9 with the flanges 3 for frictionally securing the head 8 in position in the device. To remove the head 8, the handle i3 is screwed home on the shank 14 for again tightening the clamp II] on the blade ll, after which said head may be readily clipped out of the holder at either end. The construction and arrangement of the flanges 4 and 5 and the lips 6 is such that the blades 1 may readily be slipped into and out of position over said flanges 4.

It is believed that the many advantages of a safety razor and blade holder constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A safety razor and blade holder comprising a substantially rectangular plate, opposed side walls extending at right angles from the longitudinal edges of the plate, inturned flanges on said side walls, said flanges and side walls constituting means for slidably securing an assembled razor head on one side of the plate, flanges struck from the plate in the opposite direction and ex- Of e plate which p t ey nd e d tending in the plane of the side walls, said flanges struck from the plate in the opposite direction and extending in the plane of the side walls, said flanges being adapted to receive therebetween a plurality of blades on the other side of the plate. and means for retaining the blades in position between the second-named flanges, said means including flanges on the ends of the plate, and intumed lips on the third-named flanges projecting over the plate.

JOHN JOSEPH KVOWALSKI. 

